**Bill Hodges es un policía jubilado. Brady Hartsfield es un asesino
múltiple cuya culpabilidad Bill Hodges nunca logró demostrar. Ahora
vuelven a encontrarse y cientos de vidas están en juego. ¿Quién es el
cazador y quién la presa?
**
Antes del amanecer, en una ciudad del medio-oeste, cientos de
desempleados esperan la apertura de la oficina de empleo para solicitar
uno de los mil puestos de trabajo que se han anunciado. Han hecho fila
durante toda la noche. De repente, sin previo aviso, un Mercedes surge
de la fría niebla de la madrugada y atropella a todos los que encuentra
en su camino, retrocediendo y volviendo a arremeter contra ellos. El
asesino huye dejando ocho muertos y quince heridos.
Meses después, en otro rincón de la ciudad, Bill Hodges, un policía
jubilado que sigue obsesionado con este caso sin resolver, recibe una
carta anónima de quien se declara culpable de la masacre: Brady
Hartsfield. Vive todavía con su madre alcohólica y disfrutó tanto de la
sensación de la muerte bajo los neumáticos del Mercedes, que ahora
quiere repetirlo. Hodges está decidido a evitar una nueva tragedia.
Mr. Mercedes es una batalla entre el bien y el mal presentada por el
maestro del suspense, cuya mirada al interior de la mente de este
asesino demente es escalofriante e inolvidable.
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WINNER OF THE EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST NOVEL
#1 New York Times bestseller! In a high-suspense race against time,
three of the most unlikely heroes Stephen King has ever created try to
stop a lone killer from blowing up thousands. "Mr. Mercedes is a rich,
resonant, exceptionally readable accomplishment by a man who can write
in whatever genre he chooses" (The Washington Post).
In the frigid pre-dawn hours, in a distressed Midwestern city, desperate
unemployed folks are lined up for a spot at a job fair. Without warning,
a lone driver plows through the crowd in a stolen Mercedes, running over
the innocent, backing up, and charging again. Eight people are killed;
fifteen are wounded. The killer escapes.
In another part of town, months later, a retired cop named Bill Hodges
is still haunted by the unsolved crime. When he gets a crazed letter
from someone who self-identifies as the "perk" and threatens an even
more diabolical attack, Hodges wakes up from his depressed and vacant
retirement, hell-bent on preventing another tragedy.
Brady Hartsfield lives with his alcoholic mother in the house where he
was born. He loved the feel of death under the wheels of the Mercedes,
and he wants that rush again. Only Bill Hodges, with two new, unusual
allies, can apprehend the killer before he strikes again. And they have
no time to lose, because Brady's next mission, if it succeeds, will kill
or maim thousands.
Mr. Mercedes is a war between good and evil, from the master of
suspense whose insight into the mind of this obsessed, insane killer is
chilling and unforgettable.
